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The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has identified climate change and conflicts as threats to livestock production and food security in the Northeast. Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states have been the worst hit by the ...

Taraba State has been listed among six other states selected to benefit from the N23 billion United States Agency for International Development (USAID) intervention on Effective Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services (E-WASH) pilot programme in Nigeria. Taraba was selected along IMO, Sokoto, ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has suspended implementation of the new tariffs, which came into effect on June 1, 2019. Chairman, Governing Council of NAFDAC, Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, who disclosed this yesterday said the status ...

Archbishop of Bendel Province, Anglican Communion, Reverend Friday Imaekhai, has charged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to double its efforts at tackling the country’s worsening unemployment. He argued that creating jobs, especially for young Nigerians would be the panacea to ...

Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has relaxed curfew in the state by one hour, following its Security Council meeting in Damaturu, the state capital. A statement issued by Director General Press Affairs to the Governor, Abdullahi Bego in Damaturu, ...

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has released N679.699 billion as May, 2019 entitlements to the three tiers of government. The figure includes earnings from gross statutory revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT) and sundry income exchange gains. Addressing reporters after ...

A Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) report on the 2019 general elections has blamed involvement of security services in the electoral process on government’s failure. It also blamed the development on failure of the nation’s security apparatuses to ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that over 13 million Nigerian children of school age are out of school, insisting that no nation can develop with such statistics. Obasanjo also challenged youths to strive for leadership positions like their counterparts ...

The Federal Government is working closely with states to rid the country of kidnapping and other security challenges bedeviling the nation, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. He made the disclosure in his message at a town hall meeting with ...

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano, wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, the Edo branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), and a faith-based non-governmental organisation, Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry (CADAM), have canvassed an end to substance abuse ...